Re: [Debconf-team] [TREASURER #1590] Access to the SPI Debian PayPal account

2017-06-30 Thread Brian Gupta via RT
On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 10:17 PM, Louis-Philippe Véronneau via RT wrote: Once DC17 is over we won't need those accesses anymore. >> >> Good idea. Out of interest, do you plan to do anything beyond just >> "remembering" to keep it to these two only and to

Re: [Debconf-team] [TREASURER #1590] Access to the SPI Debian PayPal account

2017-06-29 Thread Brian Gupta
On Tue, Jun 27, 2017 at 10:17 PM, Louis-Philippe Véronneau via RT wrote: Once DC17 is over we won't need those accesses anymore. >> >> Good idea. Out of interest, do you plan to do anything beyond just >> "remembering" to keep it to these two only and to

[Debconf-team] Was the DC15 final report cancelled?

2016-02-08 Thread Brian Gupta
I can't find it. Thanks, Brian ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

Re: [Debconf-team] Was the DC15 final report cancelled?

2016-02-08 Thread Brian Gupta
On Mon, Feb 8, 2016 at 4:03 PM, Michael Banck <mba...@debian.org> wrote: > Hi, > > On Tue, Feb 09, 2016 at 09:44:07AM +1300, martin f krafft wrote: >> also sprach Brian Gupta <brian.gu...@brandorr.com> [2016-02-09 00:33 +1300]: >> > I can't find it. >> &

[Debconf-team] DC16 fundraising sprint this Mon Jan 25 (1600UTC, 1700CEST, 1800SAST, 1100EST, 0800PST)

2016-01-22 Thread Brian Gupta
Global times for the meeting are listed here, if your TZ isn't listed.: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20160125T16 The sprint will be on IRC in the #debconf-sponsors OFTC channel, and will last for three hours. Feel free to join for all or part of the sprint and remember

[Debconf-team] DC16 fundraising sprint this Thu Dec 10 (1600UTC, 1700CEST, 1800SAST, 1100EST, 0800PST)

2015-12-09 Thread Brian Gupta
Global times for the meeting are listed here, if your TZ isn't listed.: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20151210T16 The sprint will be on IRC in the #debconf-sponsors OFTC channel, and will last for three hours. Feel free to join for all or part of the sprint and remember

[Debconf-team] I'm confused about dc17 bid deadline? (and the debconf decision making process)

2015-12-09 Thread Brian Gupta
I thought that the historical deadline for submitting bids was around March [1] of the prior year? Not Dec of two years prior? [2] I didn't see any discussion on list regarding the pros and cons of changing the deadline. We're tenuous position as we don't have chairs who What's going on? I'll

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf15 Thank you ad.

2015-11-29 Thread Brian Gupta
On Nov 29, 2015 9:03 AM, "Richard Hartmann" wrote: > > I prefer Valessio's version. When is the deadline? > > FYI, Valessio is a recurring artist for DebConf. > > Richard > > Sent by mobile; excuse my brevity. > > For the record, I am in favor of shipping Donald's

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf15 Thank you ad.

2015-11-24 Thread Brian Gupta
On Wed, Nov 18, 2015 at 10:41 AM, Donald Norwood wrote: > OK. I think I've been able to work most of the suggestions and critiques > into this near final version which is v7 (7a & 7b). > > Directory location: http://debconf-data.alioth.debian.org/tmp/ > > * Opacity of the

Re: [Debconf-team] About microblogging

2015-11-16 Thread Brian Gupta
On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 7:08 PM, Laura Arjona Reina wrote: > -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- > Hash: SHA1 > > El 13/11/15 a las 00:50, martin f krafft escribió: >> also sprach Laura Arjona Reina [2015-11-13 >> 07:50 +1300]: >>> * Tweet thanking

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf15 Thank you ad. v6

2015-11-12 Thread Brian Gupta
On Thu, Nov 12, 2015 at 9:40 PM, Donald Norwood wrote: > Revision 6 is up. And the link again, so folks don't have to search http://debconf-data.alioth.debian.org/tmp/ > Logos shifted for proper placement in regard to sponsorship. > Logo lines 1 and 2 are larger, all

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf15 Thank you ad.

2015-11-12 Thread Brian Gupta
I took a quick look at 5, since that so far seems popular. I see that you have a silver sponsor in the top row, which seems suboptimal. The higher the tier the more prominent I'd think we'd want the sponsors logo featured, but it's kind of a jigsaw puzzle. Any suggestions? Have we done this in

Re: [Debconf-team] [correction] DC16 fundraising sprint this Thu Nov 4 (1900UTC, 2000CET, 2100SAST, 1400EST, 1100PST)

2015-11-04 Thread Brian Gupta
Please note everything the same.. but I didn't factor in that EU and US ended daylight saving. -Brian On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 4:49 PM, Brian Gupta <brian.gu...@brandorr.com> wrote: > We only have a few weeks before we hit the holiday season, which isn't > the best time to asking f

[Debconf-team] DC16 fundraising sprint this Thu Nov 4 (1900UTC, 2100CEST/SAST, 1400EST, 1100PST)

2015-11-04 Thread Brian Gupta
We only have a few weeks before we hit the holiday season, which isn't the best time to asking for help from sponsors. We should try to get as much outreach done in the next few weeks as we can. We've had a couple successful fundraising sprints and would like to have a few more before we hit the

Re: [Debconf-team] DC16 web pages: Sponsor page and logos

2015-11-04 Thread Brian Gupta
On Fri, Oct 30, 2015 at 7:41 AM, Raoul Snyman wrote: > On 29/10/2015 18:32, Daniel Lange wrote: >> >> we have the first sponsor DC16 now (yeah!) and I've added the logo to the >> git.debian.org/git/debconf-team/logos repro. >> >> Who wants to make a sponsors-page on the current

Re: [Debconf-team] 'meeting' tonight: General discussion

2015-11-04 Thread Brian Gupta
On Wed, Nov 4, 2015 at 6:11 AM, Bernelle Verster wrote: > Hi all > > Sorry for the late notice, tonight's meeting is again a general discussion > chat. I don't know if I'll be at meeting, so here are my (more than a) few cents. Go ahead and ping me in IRC, but there's at

[Debconf-team] DC16 fundraising sprint this Thu Oct 29 (1900UTC, 2100CEST/SAST, 1500EST, 1200PST)

2015-10-28 Thread Brian Gupta
We only have a few weeks before we hit the holiday season, which isn't the best time to asking for help from sponsors. We should try to get as much outreach done in the next few weeks as we can. We've had a couple successful fundraising sprints and would like to have a few more before we hit the

Re: [Debconf-team] Deadline (Re: Collaboratively drafting the next DebConf delegation)

2015-10-20 Thread Brian Gupta
On Tue, Oct 20, 2015 at 12:32 AM, Eric Dantan Rzewnicki wrote: > On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 10:49:11PM +0200, Daniel Lange wrote: >> Dear team, >> Please contribute your ideas / changes / amendments within the next two >> or three weeks. Edrz extended the deadline to 16.11.2015 so

Re: [Debconf-team] Team Roles

2015-10-12 Thread Brian Gupta
On Mon, Oct 12, 2015 at 7:11 AM, Jonathan Carter wrote: > Hi > > Do I understand correctly that > https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/DebConf16/LocalTeamRoles will no longer be > used? > > It looked really useful to me but there has been some who didn't like it, if > we're not going

[Debconf-team] ~25 mins until DC16 fundraising team meeting

2015-10-10 Thread Brian Gupta
On Wed, Oct 7, 2015 at 11:24 AM, Brian Gupta <brian.gu...@brandorr.com> wrote: > Check your local time here if not listed: > http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20151010T16 > > Meeting will be on IRC in the #debconf-sponsors OFTC channel. > > Agenda

[Debconf-team] DC16 fundraising team meeting this Sat Oct 10 (1600UTC, 1800CEST/SAST, 1200EST, 0900PST)

2015-10-07 Thread Brian Gupta
Check your local time here if not listed: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20151010T16 Meeting will be on IRC in the #debconf-sponsors OFTC channel. Agenda is: 1) Check on status of collecting South African leads 2) Accelerate outreach to global sponsors 3) Review

Re: [Debconf-team] [Debconf-sponsors-team] Website: static page or redirect to wiki? - NB for fundraising

2015-10-04 Thread Brian Gupta
Check with Wendar. She worked on the DC14 site. Perhaps she has time? If not, you need to find a volunteer and make sure they have access to the relevant repo. -Brian On Oct 4, 2015 4:09 AM, "Bernelle Verster" wrote: > Hi all > > We're gearing up for fundraising, and we

[Debconf-team] (Meeting now) Re: DC16 fundraising team meeting Sat Oct 3 (1600UTC, 1800CEST/SAST, 1200EST, 0900PST)

2015-10-03 Thread Brian Gupta
On Wed, Sep 30, 2015 at 7:57 AM, Brian Gupta <brian.gu...@brandorr.com> wrote: > Check your local time here if not listed: > http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20151003T16 > > Agenda will be focused on wrapping up brochure (if not done already), > an

[Debconf-team] DC16 fundraising team meeting Sat Oct 3 (1600UTC, 1800CEST/SAST, 1200EST, 0900PST)

2015-09-30 Thread Brian Gupta
Check your local time here if not listed: http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?iso=20151003T16 Agenda will be focused on wrapping up brochure (if not done already), and starting the effort to email all sponsorship leads on Monday Oct 5th. I've added Tammy, who is the primary

Re: [Debconf-team] RT Spam problem and fix?

2015-09-25 Thread Brian Gupta
On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 4:15 PM, Brian Gupta <brian.gu...@brandorr.com> wrote: > On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 3:57 PM, martin f krafft <madd...@debconf.org> wrote: >> also sprach Brian Gupta <brian.gu...@brandorr.com> [2015-09-24 17:56 +0200]: ... >> The only downsi

[Debconf-team] RT Spam problem and fix?

2015-09-24 Thread Brian Gupta
Currently the "sponsors" queue on rt.debconf.org, has a major SPAM problem, in that SPAM outnumbers legitimate emails by at least 10-to-1. Keeping the queue clear is a very demoralizing process, and discourages many from wanting to use RT. (spons...@debconf.org is an RT queue) During DC15, the

Re: [Debconf-team] RT Spam problem and fix?

2015-09-24 Thread Brian Gupta
On Thu, Sep 24, 2015 at 3:57 PM, martin f krafft <madd...@debconf.org> wrote: > also sprach Brian Gupta <brian.gu...@brandorr.com> [2015-09-24 17:56 +0200]: >> I spoke to RIchiH about anti-SPAM options, since I knew he used RT >> elsewhere, and something was found that

Re: [Debconf-team] DC15 wrap-up blog post

2015-08-28 Thread Brian Gupta
On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 8:16 PM, Tassia Camoes Araujo tas...@debian.org wrote: On Fri, Aug 28, 2015 at 11:23:46PM +0200, martin f krafft wrote: We've started a draft for the wrap-up blog post to be published this weekend at https://titanpad.com/dc15-wrapup-blogpost. If you have a minute,

Re: [Debconf-team] Teckids youth programme at DebConf15 - LAST DEADLINE

2015-05-29 Thread Brian Gupta
On May 29, 2015 2:32 AM, Sean Leonard meanderingc...@aetherislands.net wrote: On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 8:02 PM, Martín Ferrari tin...@tincho.org wrote: On 28/05/15 20:46, martin f krafft wrote: also sprach Dominik George dominik.geo...@teckids.org [2015-05-28 21:24 +0200]: as a matter of

Re: [Debconf-team] Teckids youth programme at DebConf15 - LAST DEADLINE

2015-05-29 Thread Brian Gupta
On Fri, May 29, 2015 at 5:51 AM, martin f krafft madd...@debconf.org wrote: also sprach Martín Ferrari tin...@tincho.org [2015-05-29 05:02 +0200]: In any case, it is my understanding that parent's response to childcare has not been very enthusiastic, so I don't know if this is feasible at

Re: [Debconf-team] Teckids youth programme at DebConf15 - LAST DEADLINE

2015-05-28 Thread Brian Gupta
On Thu, May 28, 2015 at 3:46 PM, martin f krafft madd...@debian.org wrote: also sprach Dominik George dominik.geo...@teckids.org [2015-05-28 21:24 +0200]: as a matter of sad fact, we have not received any helpful reply to our last mails in which we set and postponed deadlines multiple times.

Re: [Debconf-team] Job fair timing and sponsorship criteria

2015-04-29 Thread Brian Gupta
On Wed, Apr 29, 2015 at 6:19 AM, martin f krafft madd...@debconf.org wrote: also sprach Jimmy Kaplowitz ji...@debian.org [2015-04-29 10:19 +0200]: The job fair is currently scheduled for the main DebConf arrival day. Actually, we would like Saturday to be the first day of DebConf and the main

[Debconf-team] Questions about fundraising deadlines.. (e.g. - t-shirt printing)

2015-03-18 Thread Brian Gupta
We need to establish a list of fundraising deadlines for this cycle. These would include things like: 1) Last date that a sponsor can commit and get logo on: a) shirt b) banners c) bags 2) Last date that a sponsor can get a showcase booth 3) Logo in video streams Please confer, and let

Re: [Debconf-team] Voluntary conference contributions for pro/corp attendees

2015-02-25 Thread Brian Gupta
On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 9:58 AM, martin f krafft madd...@debconf.org wrote: Hello, DebConf attendance is free of charge for everyone, but we have suggested (and are planning to suggest) to our professional and corporate attendees to contribute certain amounts towards covering the conference

Re: [Debconf-team] Using the BTS as a summit issue tracker

2015-01-21 Thread Brian Gupta
On Wed, Jan 21, 2015 at 2:31 PM, martin f krafft madd...@debconf.org wrote: also sprach Richard Hartmann richih.mailingl...@gmail.com [2015-01-21 20:27 +0100]: I propose we use a psuedo-package in the BTS for summit isues. The BTS already exists and is a central piece of Debian culture, so

[Debconf-team] Reminder first 2015 meeting today at 2000 UTC (1500 EST, 1200 PST)

2015-01-06 Thread Brian Gupta
Will be a quick meeting to sync up from after the holidays. -Brian ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

Re: [Debconf-team] Reminder first 2015 meeting today at 2000 UTC (1500 EST, 1200 PST)

2015-01-06 Thread Brian Gupta
On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 8:13 AM, Brian Gupta brian.gu...@brandorr.com wrote: Will be a quick meeting to sync up from after the holidays. -Brian Apologies, this was supposed to go to sponsors-team mailing list. -Brian ___ Debconf-team mailing list

Re: [Debconf-team] Overcommitting travel sponsorship (was: Rough timeline idea for DC15 and the CfP)

2014-12-07 Thread Brian Gupta
On Thu, Dec 4, 2014 at 6:54 AM, martin f krafft madd...@debconf.org wrote: also sprach Giacomo Catenazzi c...@debian.org [2014-12-04 11:49 +0100]: BTW we need also to discuss if we should (and how much) over-commit sponsorships (anticipating the missed reconfirmation). Some discussion already

Re: [Debconf-team] Sponsored lanyards, a proposal

2014-11-25 Thread Brian Gupta
On Tue, Nov 25, 2014 at 5:05 PM, martin f krafft madd...@debconf.org wrote: also sprach Carl Karsten c...@nextdayvideo.com [2014-11-25 19:59 +0100]: 1.25 wide, quick release buckle (not to be confused with security buckle which breaks away if something/someone pulls on it)

Re: [Debconf-team] Proposal for bits.debian.org about sponsors for DC15

2014-11-04 Thread Brian Gupta
On Tue, Nov 4, 2014 at 3:15 PM, Laura Arjona Reina larj...@larjona.net wrote: Hi everybody In http://whiteboard.debian.net/bits_blogpost_sponsors_dc15_1.wb there is a proposal for a blogpost in bits.debian.org about our first 6 sponsors for DebConf15. The messages I tried to send: 1.-

Re: [Debconf-team] Feedback

2014-10-21 Thread Brian Gupta
On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 9:09 AM, Martín Ferrari tin...@debian.org wrote: Hi all, To do something useful with the feedback@ alias, the chairs decided to just go through the received emails, manually anonymise them and upload them as files to the debconf-team git repository. The

Re: [Debconf-team] Feedback

2014-10-21 Thread Brian Gupta
On Tue, Oct 21, 2014 at 1:22 PM, Martín Ferrari tin...@debian.org wrote: On 21/10/14 18:15, Brian Gupta wrote: Is there any chance you can parse/summarize the feedback and get it to the appropriate subteams? (How much data is it?) It is not that much data now (about 11-12 mails). Summarising

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf subteams list

2014-10-16 Thread Brian Gupta
On Sat, Oct 11, 2014 at 7:35 PM, Moray Allan mo...@sermisy.org wrote: During the workgroup sessions at DebConf, among other points we agreed that we would form clearer subteams for related tasks, and clarify subteam responsibilities. These subteams would group together related tasks, while

[Debconf-team] Checking people's feelings on Paypal (as an option) for Debian donations.

2014-10-10 Thread Brian Gupta
Being as we are the closest thing that Debian has to a fundraising team, I would like to find out what the team's opinion on Paypal is. (And if possible have it be our official stance.) IE: In a separate effort I am trying to get a paypal account/form prominently features directly on

Re: [Debconf-team] Volunteer to design DC14 thank you ad?

2014-09-15 Thread Brian Gupta
FYI - I just forwarded the final design [1] to our media sponsors, and am awaiting confirmation from them. Thanks to everyone for the great feedback, and especially thanks to Valessio for designing the ad (and incorporating all the feedback.) Cheers, Brian [1] -

[Debconf-team] What do folks think about MediaGoblin to host DebConf videos and media?

2014-09-13 Thread Brian Gupta
Here's a list of sites already running it, if you would like to check it out before weighing in. [1] -Brian [1] - https://wiki.mediagoblin.org/Live_instances ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org

[Debconf-team] Can we finalize the sponsors-brochure this week?

2014-09-11 Thread Brian Gupta
If so, it would allow us to kick off fundraising next week, which would be the earliest start in recent memory. IE: two weeks after Debconf is probably a record. This is important as we've gotten a lot of feedback from sponsors and potential sponsors about getting the information earlier, and we

Re: [Debconf-team] Volunteer to design DC14 thank you ad?

2014-09-11 Thread Brian Gupta
On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 6:30 PM, Richard Hartmann richih.mailingl...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Valessio, See: http://debconf14.debconf.org/become-sponsor.xhtml Silver (1x and 1 color), Gold (2x) and Platinum (4x). In attachment the map align. Makes sense! I suggest simplifying the color of

Re: [Debconf-team] Volunteer to design DC14 thank you ad?

2014-09-11 Thread Brian Gupta
On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 9:16 PM, Steve Langasek vor...@debian.org wrote: On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 06:17:22PM -0300, ValessioBrito wrote: Thank you all for the contributions. Look now incorporated the suggestions from everyone: https://wiki.debconf.org/wiki/File:Dc14-ad-magazine-2.jpg Looks

Re: [Debconf-team] RFC: (Hopefully) Last draft of the dc15 sponsorship brochure

2014-09-10 Thread Brian Gupta
On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 6:18 PM, Richard Hartmann richih.mailingl...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 1:35 AM, Michael Banck mba...@debian.org wrote: See Martin's reply to this one, the idea was to get people to all show up to the morning orga announcements and subsequent sessions (at

Re: [Debconf-team] RFC: (Hopefully) Last draft of the dc15 sponsorship brochure

2014-09-10 Thread Brian Gupta
On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 7:06 PM, Richard Hartmann richih.mailingl...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 12:52 AM, Brian Gupta brian.gu...@brandorr.com wrote: The way I look at it, raffles are just a way to do higher value swag, that sponsors can't really justify giving to all attendees

Re: [Debconf-team] RFC on the DC15 sponsorship brochure

2014-09-10 Thread Brian Gupta
On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 6:13 PM, Richard Hartmann richih.mailingl...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 9:46 PM, Sebastian Harl tok...@debian.org wrote: It was discussed to mention that job offerings should be limited to the job wall (instead of, e.g., the conference bag). I suggest to

Re: [Debconf-team] RFC: (Hopefully) Last draft of the dc15 sponsorship brochure

2014-09-10 Thread Brian Gupta
On Wed, Sep 10, 2014 at 9:20 PM, Tiago Bortoletto Vaz ti...@debian.org wrote: Hi, On Thu, Sep 11, 2014 at 01:09:25AM +0100, Martín Ferrari wrote: Hi, My last message on the topic, I don't want to drag this discussion for ever. First of all, I am a bit worried that there is not much

[Debconf-team] Volunteer to design DC14 thank you ad?

2014-09-09 Thread Brian Gupta
We have an obligation to design a full page magazine ad, that thanks our sponsors. Does anyone with computer design skills have time and interest to help out? Thanks, Brian ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org

[Debconf-team] How do people feel about dispensing with the historical 1+ month break from organizing activities that takes place after DebConf?

2014-08-25 Thread Brian Gupta
I've observed it over the years, and feel that if we can summon the strength to stay engaged, we can use the extra time, lessons are still fresh from DebConf. We're always scrambling for time later in the cycle, so regaining this time would likely prove incredibly helpful. Thanks, Brian P.S. -

Re: [Debconf-team] Posters from sponsors?

2014-08-01 Thread Brian Gupta
On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 11:27 AM, Steve McIntyre st...@einval.com wrote: Hi folks, I've been asked by another guy at ARM about putting up a poster for ARM. We're sponsors, and he's planning to be announcing something in my ARM talk on August 29. Any issues with that? Guidelines on what's

Re: [Debconf-team] Posters from sponsors?

2014-08-01 Thread Brian Gupta
On Fri, Aug 1, 2014 at 12:59 PM, Steve McIntyre st...@einval.com wrote: On Fri, Aug 01, 2014 at 12:40:41PM -0400, Brian Gupta wrote: On Thu, Jul 31, 2014 at 11:27 AM, Steve McIntyre st...@einval.com wrote: Hi folks, I've been asked by another guy at ARM about putting up a poster for ARM

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf14 Cheese and Wine party venue

2014-07-17 Thread Brian Gupta
On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 1:58 PM, Steve Langasek vor...@debian.org wrote: Hi Gerald, On Thu, Jul 17, 2014 at 10:08:22AM -0700, Gerald Turner wrote: Richard Hartmann richih.mailingl...@gmail.com writes: On Tue, Jul 15, 2014 at 8:06 AM, Benjamin Kerensa bkere...@ubuntu.com wrote: I would

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf14 Cheese and Wine party venue

2014-07-03 Thread Brian Gupta
On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 6:30 PM, Gerald Turner gtur...@unzane.com wrote: Team, what do we do about this new requirement from Puppet Labs? Christy Snow christy.s...@puppetlabs.com writes: One thing that I don't think that has been mentioned, for all events we have at the office we require a

Re: [Debconf-team] Planning the announcement of DC15's sponsorship drive

2014-06-23 Thread Brian Gupta
On Mon, Jun 23, 2014 at 8:37 AM, Richard Hartmann richih.mailingl...@gmail.com wrote: Dear all, we already talked about this within the DC15 team, but just to make sure that we are all on the same page: I think we should spam DPN, the -announces, reddit, friendly press publications, etc

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf governance 'Debian Deutschland' name and TO status

2014-04-28 Thread Brian Gupta
On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 6:18 PM, Richard Hartmann richih.mailingl...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Apr 28, 2014 at 12:08 AM, Philipp Hug deb...@hug.cx wrote: If we had DebConf15 chairs, they could be involved from the beginning without having to bother about DC14 at the same time This would make

[Debconf-team] (was ... thanks for all the fish) Celebration of DebConf's challenges

2014-04-28 Thread Brian Gupta
On Sun, Apr 27, 2014 at 8:44 PM, Holger Levsen hol...@layer-acht.org wrote: Hi, so ten days ago I've said these somewhat sad words on IRC, in private: [23:07] h01ger | i think i'm just fed up with debconf [23:07] h01ger | i've been doing this for too long to be able to enjoy

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf 15 Legal Entity

2014-04-25 Thread Brian Gupta
On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 4:32 PM, martin f krafft madd...@debian.org wrote: also sprach Brian Gupta brian.gu...@brandorr.com [2014-04-24 21:29 +0200]: Unless I am misunderstanding something, I don't think DE-based sponsors team members will be approaching companies with the name of the local

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf 15 Legal Entity

2014-04-24 Thread Brian Gupta
On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 3:00 PM, Richard Hartmann richih.mailingl...@gmail.com wrote: On Thu, Apr 24, 2014 at 10:37 AM, Richard Hartmann richih.mailingl...@gmail.com wrote: Debian Deutschland e.V. makes potential re-use easier, else it's just a name of no importance. Toss a coin? After

Re: [Debconf-team] DebConf governance (Re: About the DC15 entity and authority (was: DebConf 15 Legal Entity)

2014-04-17 Thread Brian Gupta
On Thu, Apr 17, 2014 at 10:31 AM, Gaudenz Steinlin gaud...@debian.org wrote: Hi Holger Levsen hol...@layer-acht.org writes: Hi, [mostly madduck and aba were discussing some details about german association law and power structures...] which reminds me of a problem / contradiction we had

[Debconf-team] Who can put swag in conference bag?

2014-04-04 Thread Brian Gupta
It has been my understanding that all sponsors bronze level or higher have the right to send swag to the conference organizers for distribution to the conference attendees. (Typically via the conference bag, if there is one.) It has recently been raised, can supporters who donate less than the

[Debconf-team] Time to start thinking about cutoff dates for t-shirt and conf bag.

2014-03-26 Thread Brian Gupta
Basically I'd like to know when it will be too late for sponsors to get listed on t-shirt and/or conference bag? Thanks, Brian ___ Debconf-team mailing list Debconf-team@lists.debconf.org http://lists.debconf.org/mailman/listinfo/debconf-team

Re: [Debconf-team] Can anyone design a Sponsor DebConf banner and/or print ad to be run on our media partners website(s) and/or magazines?

2014-03-26 Thread Brian Gupta
On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 2:09 AM, Richard Hartmann richih.mailingl...@gmail.com wrote: In what magazine(s) and language(s)? I'll know soon which exact periodicals, but for DC14, I plan to focus on English language publications, from the Linux Journal and Linux Magazine sets of periodicals. (Who

Re: [Debconf-team] Can anyone design a Sponsor DebConf banner and/or print ad to be run on our media partners website(s) and/or magazines?

2014-03-26 Thread Brian Gupta
On Wed, Mar 26, 2014 at 2:26 AM, Leandro Gómez leo.tel...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Mar 25, 2014 at 11:38 PM, Brian Gupta brian.gu...@brandorr.com wrote: Does anyone have time/interest to work on this? (It would be featured on their website.) I am working to get the details now. Do you have

[Debconf-team] Can anyone design a Sponsor DebConf banner and/or print ad to be run on our media partners website(s) and/or magazines?

2014-03-25 Thread Brian Gupta
Does anyone have time/interest to work on this? (It would be featured on their website.) I am working to get the details now. Also, we may have an opportunity to run an extra print ad before the conference, which might also might make sense as a sponsorship seeking advertisement. (checking to see

Re: [Debconf-team] Sponsorship tiers/benefits for DC15?

2014-03-19 Thread Brian Gupta
On Tue, Mar 18, 2014 at 5:34 AM, martin f krafft madd...@debconf.org wrote: Dear Brian, thanks for getting the ball rolling on this. There are multiple points in your e-mail and I shall try to address them individually. If there are replies, it might make sense to split the points into

Re: [Debconf-team] close debconf15-team@l.d.o ?

2014-03-19 Thread Brian Gupta
On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 9:00 AM, Holger Levsen hol...@layer-acht.org wrote: Hi, On Dienstag, 18. März 2014, martin f krafft wrote: Please keep the two separate. No. While it's unavoidable that those two teams exist in the beginning, we want them to merge ASAP. So it's best to close the

[Debconf-team] Note about sponsorship deadlines.

2014-03-17 Thread Brian Gupta
I just heard from one potential sponsor that they would have loved to sponsor DC14, but that they finalized their 2014 sponsorships in Nov of 2013. I am mentioning this so that the DC15 bid team can learn from this and figure out who will be working on sponsorship early, and have them join

[Debconf-team] Sponsorship tiers/benefits for DC15?

2014-03-17 Thread Brian Gupta
I know it's super early, but it would be helpful to be able to immediately reach back out to those potential sponsors who indicated that we reached them too late for DC14, but to talk to us for DC15, with a list of sponsorship tiers/benefits for DC15. (We don't need the full brochure, just the

Re: [Debconf-team] Urgent: DebConf13 final report needed for sponsors

2014-03-14 Thread Brian Gupta
On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 11:33 AM, Brian Gupta brian.gu...@brandorr.com wrote: On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 2:51 AM, Raphaël Walther raph...@walther.im wrote: Hello, On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 10:23:19AM +0100, Michael Banck wrote: On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 03:55:52PM +0100, Raphaël Walther wrote: Well

Re: [Debconf-team] Urgent: DebConf13 final report needed for sponsors

2014-03-13 Thread Brian Gupta
On Mon, Mar 3, 2014 at 2:51 AM, Raphaël Walther raph...@walther.im wrote: Hello, On Fri, Feb 28, 2014 at 10:23:19AM +0100, Michael Banck wrote: On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 03:55:52PM +0100, Raphaël Walther wrote: Well, I suggest we send the final version tomorrow Tuesday evening to sponsors.

Re: [Debconf-team] Urgent: DebConf13 final report needed for sponsors

2014-02-24 Thread Brian Gupta
On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 9:55 AM, Raphaël Walther raph...@walther.im wrote: Hey, Well, I suggest we send the final version tomorrow Tuesday evening to sponsors. This enable us to make FINAL proofreading. So we have ~27 hours left before we release the final report tomorrow at 18 UTC

Re: [Debconf-team] Notes from reviewing bids. (And questions for teams)

2014-02-18 Thread Brian Gupta
On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 7:54 AM, Wouter Verhelst wou...@debian.org wrote: On Fri, Feb 14, 2014 at 06:44:42AM -0500, Brian Gupta wrote: [...] 2) Belgian-team close second (11), with 50%+ having attended DebConfs in the past. I just noticed I've forgotten to add this to the wiki, but: Gerry

Re: [Debconf-team] Notes from reviewing bids. (And questions for teams)

2014-02-18 Thread Brian Gupta
On Tue, Feb 18, 2014 at 7:55 AM, martin f krafft madd...@debconf.org wrote: also sprach Brian Gupta brian.gu...@brandorr.com [2014-02-18 11:53 +0100]: Bear in mind, it's not just a question of willingness. They may not have the facilities/staff to accommodate such large orders, especially

[Debconf-team] Notes from reviewing bids. (And questions for teams)

2014-02-14 Thread Brian Gupta
Please note this is not covering every detail. (Apologies if I missed something important.) Team ranking: 1) German team has the most people(13), who collectively have the most DebConf experience. 2) Belgian-team close second (11), with 50%+ having attended DebConfs in the

Re: [Debconf-team] Urgent: DebConf13 final report needed for sponsors

2014-02-13 Thread Brian Gupta
On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 10:18 AM, David Bremner da...@tethera.net wrote: Raphaël Walther raph...@walther.im writes: On Wed, Feb 12, 2014 at 10:35:28AM -0400, David Bremner wrote: If you can move it a bit later in the day, you might get more take up from the Americas. Yes, in addition to the

[Debconf-team] Draft email to d-d-a regarding sponsorship.. Please advise?

2014-02-07 Thread Brian Gupta
Subject: DebConf14 organizing team needs your help to raise funds! (Won't take long.) Hello! We are well into the planning for DebConf14 which will take place in Portland, Oregon, USA during the 23rd-31st of August, 2014. It looks like it is again going to be a great event and hope that

[Debconf-team] Urgent: DebConf13 final report needed for sponsors

2014-01-30 Thread Brian Gupta
The Final report is something that we give to the sponsors from the previous DebConf. A number of sponsors require/want-to-see it before committing to sponsoring the next DebConf. We really need everyone to understand that this won't just get done, and we really need everyone to help. From:

Re: [Debconf-team] Call for help : DC13 Final report

2014-01-14 Thread Brian Gupta
On Thu, Nov 28, 2013 at 5:34 AM, Raphaël Walther raph...@walther.im wrote: Hi Gunnar! On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 08:21:41PM -0600, Gunnar Wolf wrote: On Sunday 17th November OdyX came to my place to work on the final report and we had also a huge raclette! The report is already 18 pages

Re: [Debconf-team] DC13 team needs some help finalizing the thank you ad for sponsors..

2013-12-28 Thread Brian Gupta
On Sat, Dec 21, 2013 at 4:29 AM, Matto Marjanovic mad...@mir.com wrote: On 11/28/13 02:13, Raphaël Walther wrote: ... Thanks again for helping on the design of the thank you ad ! On Wed, Nov 27, 2013 at 10:03:51PM -0800, Matto Marjanovic wrote: No problem --- I do not have commit access to

Re: [Debconf-team] Sponsorship brochure modification

2013-11-04 Thread Brian Gupta
On Sun, Nov 3, 2013 at 7:42 AM, Raphaël Walther raph...@walther.im wrote: Hello, Regarding the sponsorship brochure: http://anonscm.debian.org/viewvc/debconf-data/dc14/sponsorship-brochure/brochure.en.pdf I have a few comments which are mostly details. 1) page 3 DebConf and Debian The

Re: [Debconf-team] IRC Meeting minutes; DebConf 14 dates set

2013-10-31 Thread Brian Gupta
On Wed, Oct 30, 2013 at 12:06 AM, tony mancill tmanc...@debian.org wrote: On 10/29/2013 04:35 PM, gregor herrmann wrote: On Tue, 29 Oct 2013 08:32:58 -0700, tony mancill wrote: So, in keeping with having something ready by October 31st, I wanted to open this up to the team for feedback.

Re: [Debconf-team] IRC Meeting minutes; DebConf 14 dates set

2013-10-29 Thread Brian Gupta
.html Key decisions from this meeting: - The DebConf 14 dates have been set: 23-31 August 2014, inclusive (arrivals permitted Aug 22, people can stay over night to September 1). - Tony Mancill will put together the sponsorship brochure by the end of the month. - Brian Gupta

Re: [Debconf-team] Proposal for sponsorship levels (and registration fees) for DC14

2013-10-29 Thread Brian Gupta
On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 7:43 PM, Brian Gupta brian.gu...@brandorr.com wrote: After discussion with sponsors-team we are proposing the following sponsorship levels and registration fees for DC14. (They are largely the same as DC13 with CHF substituted for USD). The one change from DC13

Re: [Debconf-team] Proposal for sponsorship levels (and registration fees) for DC14

2013-10-24 Thread Brian Gupta
On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 11:32 AM, Moray Allan mo...@sermisy.org wrote: On 2013-10-24 00:43, Brian Gupta wrote: Supporter 2000 USD - Logo on sponsor web page ^^ This should presumably read supporter web page. The intention has previously been that these aren't formally

Re: [Debconf-team] Proposal for sponsorship levels (and registration fees) for DC14

2013-10-24 Thread Brian Gupta
On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 7:13 AM, martin f krafft madd...@debconf.org wrote: also sprach Brian Gupta brian.gu...@brandorr.com [2013.10.24.0143 +0200]: After discussion with sponsors-team we are proposing the following sponsorship levels and registration fees for DC14. (They are largely the same

Re: [Debconf-team] Proposal for sponsorship levels (and registration fees) for DC14

2013-10-24 Thread Brian Gupta
On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 1:11 PM, Raphaël Walther raph...@walther.im wrote: On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 07:43:41PM -0400, Brian Gupta wrote: After discussion with sponsors-team we are proposing the following sponsorship levels and registration fees for DC14. (They are largely the same as DC13

Re: [Debconf-team] Proposal for sponsorship levels (and registration fees) for DC14

2013-10-24 Thread Brian Gupta
On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 3:28 PM, martin f krafft madd...@debconf.org wrote: also sprach Raphaël Walther raph...@walther.im [2013.10.24.2121 +0200]: I don't understand what you explained. What do you mean by admission ? If you mean corporate fees i think this not the right approach as we would

Re: [Debconf-team] Proposal for sponsorship levels (and registration fees) for DC14

2013-10-24 Thread Brian Gupta
On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 6:16 PM, Steve Langasek vor...@debian.org wrote: On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 02:32:13PM -0700, Patty Langasek wrote: On Thu, Oct 24, 2013 at 02:20:08PM -0700, Allison Randal wrote: On 10/24/2013 01:49 PM, Steve Langasek wrote: FWIW as a personal data point, I now have

[Debconf-team] Proposal for sponsorship levels (and registration fees) for DC14

2013-10-23 Thread Brian Gupta
After discussion with sponsors-team we are proposing the following sponsorship levels and registration fees for DC14. (They are largely the same as DC13 with CHF substituted for USD). The one change from DC13 is that we are proposing to add back the bag logo benefit but only for gold+ sponsors

Re: [Debconf-team] Proposal for sponsorship levels (and registration fees) for DC14

2013-10-23 Thread Brian Gupta
On Wed, Oct 23, 2013 at 7:43 PM, Brian Gupta brian.gu...@brandorr.com wrote: After discussion with sponsors-team we are proposing the following sponsorship levels and registration fees for DC14. (They are largely the same as DC13 with CHF substituted for USD). The one change from DC13

[Debconf-team] DC14 Sponsorship levels and DC13 wrapup?

2013-10-17 Thread Brian Gupta
It's getting that time in the cycle where we need to start reaching out to potential sponsors very soon. Before we start (I believe) we need to make sure that: 1) Everything has been wrapped up for DC13 (final report, etc.) 2) We need to decide on sponsorship levels 3) We need a sponsors

Re: [Debconf-team] Thank you Ad

2013-08-22 Thread Brian Gupta
On Thu, Aug 22, 2013 at 6:44 AM, Gaudenz Steinlin gaud...@debian.org wrote: Hi [ Resending to the whole team ] Gaudenz Steinlin gaud...@debian.org writes: Hi We should start to design the Thank-You Ad for Linux Magazine. I just got their specificattions (see page 6-10 in the

Re: [Debconf-team] DC14: parallel activities for families with kids

2013-08-22 Thread Brian Gupta
On Mon, Aug 19, 2013 at 1:23 PM, Daniel Kahn Gillmor d...@fifthhorseman.net wrote: On 08/19/2013 11:32 AM, Hector Oron wrote: I would be interested to help on planning parallel activities for families with kids, so it is possible to ease Debian Developers attend conference while their

Re: [Debconf-team] Debian Towel

2013-07-13 Thread Brian Gupta
On Sat, Jul 13, 2013 at 2:50 PM, Gunnar Wolf gw...@gwolf.org wrote: Sylvestre Ledru dijo [Thu, Jul 11, 2013 at 02:21:12PM +0200]: I even remember the plan I had with Bdale that HP might sponsor some Don't panic inscripted towels some (3) DebConf's ago which unfortunately never happened.

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